The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

When lovers kiss on the cheeks, it is because they are searching, feeling for one another's lips. Lovers are made by a kiss.

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.

Nature responds to your respect and gratitude by creating a magical energy of blessings in return.

Force is incomplete and therefore has to be fed energy constantly. Power is total and complete in itself and requires nothing from outside.

God doesn't send atheists to Hell -- there's no room with all the Christians down there.

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.

Life's too short to build something nobody wants.

The gods are cruel not because they make us work. They are cruel because they allow us to hope.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

Many traders ride an emotional roller coaster and miss the essential element of winning: the management of their emotions.

Innovation is not born out out of a committee; innovation is a fight. It’s messy, people die, but when the battle is over, something unimaginably significant has been achieved.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.